So like private schools? What happens to the families that cannot afford it? Or how is this funded without a Dept of Ed? Doing away with the public school system sounds like a very big deal to me with very big consequences - like a lot of unsupervised children running around while parents/guardians are working for beginners.
The Department of Education does not fund the schools. It just controls everything about the curriculum. The Department of Education needs to be dismantled. The money per child should follow the child. The local taxes, state taxes and Fed. taxes pay for the schools, teacher's salaries etc. Private schools would be privately owned. Imagine if you could choose what was best for your child.
I do choose what's best for my children now. Don't you? If you are forced by necessity to send your children to public school, what are you going to do if it is eliminated as an option? You do make me wonder exactly how much of my tax money goes to education but I assure you private school is far more expensive.
I don't believe they will be eliminated. The building is there, the teachers are there, ready to be able to teach the children well. We need the federal government out of our schools, school boards and elections. The department of education and the teacher's unions have morphed into something sinister and powerful.
I was conflating getting rid of the Dept of Ed with getting rid of public school altogether. I do still have concerns regarding funding - my state isn't doing so well financially, but I was mistaken. Thank you for your responses. They helped to straighten me out.
No, I didn't. A bit before my time. I do know that correlation does not imply causation - a lot has changed since 1979. But I suspect that things need to change if we want them to get better. Could also get far worse. Public schools around here seem to depend on that federal funding. Can't imagine them surviving without it.
Communities should be providing local education based on community needs and norms and then, the parents would have a say in what their children are exposed to. Read your tax bill. Then compare the cost of a public school education to that of a private school education. And then…compare the results! The Department of Education is corrupt AF, and our kids are suffering for their corruption!
So like private schools? What happens to the families that cannot afford it? Or how is this funded without a Dept of Ed? Doing away with the public school system sounds like a very big deal to me with very big consequences - like a lot of unsupervised children running around while parents/guardians are working for beginners.
The Department of Education does not fund the schools. It just controls everything about the curriculum. The Department of Education needs to be dismantled. The money per child should follow the child. The local taxes, state taxes and Fed. taxes pay for the schools, teacher's salaries etc. Private schools would be privately owned. Imagine if you could choose what was best for your child.
I do choose what's best for my children now. Don't you? If you are forced by necessity to send your children to public school, what are you going to do if it is eliminated as an option? You do make me wonder exactly how much of my tax money goes to education but I assure you private school is far more expensive.
I don't believe they will be eliminated. The building is there, the teachers are there, ready to be able to teach the children well. We need the federal government out of our schools, school boards and elections. The department of education and the teacher's unions have morphed into something sinister and powerful.
I was conflating getting rid of the Dept of Ed with getting rid of public school altogether. I do still have concerns regarding funding - my state isn't doing so well financially, but I was mistaken. Thank you for your responses. They helped to straighten me out.
You do know that the Department of Education didn’t exist until 1979, right?
Yet we still had a public school system, and kids got an infinitely better education than they do now.
No, I didn't. A bit before my time. I do know that correlation does not imply causation - a lot has changed since 1979. But I suspect that things need to change if we want them to get better. Could also get far worse. Public schools around here seem to depend on that federal funding. Can't imagine them surviving without it.
Communities should be providing local education based on community needs and norms and then, the parents would have a say in what their children are exposed to. Read your tax bill. Then compare the cost of a public school education to that of a private school education. And then…compare the results! The Department of Education is corrupt AF, and our kids are suffering for their corruption!
I dont feel they are trying to stop public school education, they are talking about the corrupt Federal dept of education. Return power to the states.
Thank you. That makes far more sense to me.